Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-08-11
CONTRACTORS SAY SO.
That the Manitoba Will Build to
Jamestown This Year, sr

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/. Within the past few days renewed ru-
mors that the Manitoba road would full
fill the declaration Of President Hill and
build into jamestown as soon as posi-
BILE, have been frequently heard. MIR.
Hill has personally stated to a reliable
man, interested in Jamestown's welfare
thatth road would be built here ''as
soon%as possible" 1t is common talk
among railroad contractors now on the
Montana extension Of the Manitoba, and
also among contractors now engaged IN
grading in the Red River valley, that the
next work upon which they will be en-
gagged is the jamestown branch. A citi-
zen here has received a letter from large
Manitoba contractor stating that his
wordsworth call him to the jamestown
branch this season. ..
Another and more positive cause for
belief that this good news is true devel-
opel in the visit of a gentleman in this
city Yesterday, one of the best posted
railroad men in the northwest. He sta
ted to an Alert naan that from the way
it looked now jamestown would get the
road This year. He was familiar with GER
tain evidences that made it appear SO to
hinnat any rate. Contractors that he
knows had and are still repeatedly de-
claEng that work has been promised
them this season ON this line. They ex-
pect it at any rate, and no reason has yet
developed that would indicate that any
thing else would occur Where there is
SO much smoke there must be some fire,
and ,itsswill not surprise several people to
see work commenced on this road yet
this year. ~
Civil Engineer B. 2. Tilden, the gen
tletnan above referred to, said: @
jamestown is all right yet. It may
seem a little quiet here Cow, but you are
in 4 better fix tkan most towns ! know,
and not near so much in debt. I would
rather live in jamestown and keep my
family here than any town where | have
yet resided in Dakota. Grand Forks has
more people ON the streets and tine crop
prospects, but it's wet and disagreeable
there most of the time and muddy be-
yond any possibility Of cleanliness:
Jamestown S prospects are bright indeed.
Right now is the time your people should
be enterprising if ever. 4 little spirit OF
that kind now wall go a great ways. The
very time to do your best for the town is
when things look the worst. Once started
tile. other way and your prosperous fu-
tl1fe is assured" . ....
Mr. Tilden's advice is worth needing if
any mans is, for his practical knowledge
of the railroad situation Of Dakota is nm
exceled, and his means Of forming a cor
rect estimate Of what will be of value in
the future to this place are certainly bet
ter than most mems. In speaking of the
Minneapolis 4: Pacific, and the identity
of the road, he said:
"That is the great unsolved mystery OF
this northwest. All kinds OF opinions
are rife concerning it. Some declare it
to be the Northern Pacific company, 9th
ers first one road then another. 1t may
be what it alleges an independent cor
poration that will do a great deal OF rail |
road building before it quits. This sur
vey northwest may be only bluff to get
the people interested and see how much
they Will give for the road, not only here
but elsewhere There has been good
deal Of that kind Of work going Oh this
summer
At all events, there seems more likel |
hood of the Manitoba making a move
toward jamestown this season than any
other of the roads 4 few weeks will de-
velope the matter at least.